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If I change the jumper on the hard disk, say from master to slave, or change the IDE slot, say from primary to secondary, will my Linux system still work? Will I need to boot from a floppy? Will I need to re-configure something?
We don't have to do anything if it's a Windows system. I just wonder if Linux is the same intelligent.
hmm, the problem may be that grub is installed on the MBR on hda
so, if you plan on moving this *permanently* (or for a long time), install grub on the MBR on hdb, then you should be fine (you'll also have to change the jumpers to master when you move the drive)
if this is a temporary thing, maybe just booting from floppy would be the easiest solution (when booting from floppy, you can make your own grub/lilo config, or you can just tell it when prompted to boot to the correct partition)
I havent used grub, but its not much different...basically, make yourself a linux bootdisk. Transfer the hdb to the new comp, mounting it as the master (correct?). Boot the HD through the floppy, then edit grub.conf and make sure it installs itself on the MBR (maybe check the grub manpage for this part). That should do the trick.
the /etc/fstab is for later... after you install Debian, you should edit fstab to see the RH partition.
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